Architecturereadinglist|King's

College,Cambridge
Forprospectivestudents
WeadviseyoutoreadtheArchitecturepagethoroughly.Forreading
andpreparationadvice,thefollowingsectionsshouldbeparticularly
useful:
Doalsokeepaneyeonthesubjectresources,whichprovidemore
generalguidanceandexamplesfordevelopingyouracademicinterests.

Forofferholders
ItisexpectedthatArchitecturestudentswillhaveread
thefollowingbythestartoftheirCambridgecourse:
Curtis,W.ModernArchitectureSince1900 ,Phaidon,1982
Gombrich,E.TheStoryofArt ,Phaidon,1966
Kostoff,S.AHistoryofArchitecture,SettingsandRituals ,OUP,1995
Summerson,J.TheClassicalLanguageofArchitecture ,BBCPub.
1963

Asfurtherreading,thesebooksmayalsobeuseful:
AckermanPalladio,PenguinBooks
AckermanMichaelangelo,PenguinBooks
BacherlardThePoeticsofSpace,BeaconPress,Boston,1969
BanhamTheoryandDesignintheFirstMachineAge ,Architectural
Press,1960

CliftonTaylorThePatternofEnglishBuilding,Faber,1972
EliadeTheSacredandTheProfane,HarvestBooks,1959
FordTheDetailsofModernArchitecture (2vols),MIT,1990,1996
FramptonModernArchitecture,ACriticalHistory ,Thames&Hudson,
1981
Giedon,S.Space,TimeandArchitecture ,HarvardUniversityPresss,
1973
GombrichArtandIllusion,Phaidon,1972
GordonStructuresorWhythingsDontFallDown,Penguin,1978
Harries,K.TheMeaningofModernArt,APhilosophical
Interpretation,NorthwesternUniversityPress,1992
LeCorbusierTowardsaNewArchitecture ,ArchitecturalPress,1946
RasmussenLondon,TheUniqueCity,JonathanCape,1937
RasmussenExperiencingArchitecture ,Chapman&Hall,1959
Ray,N.CambridgeArchitecture,AConciseGuide ,CUP,1994
SpectorTheEthicalArchitect ,PrincetonArchitecturalPress,2001
SummersonHeavenlyMansionsandOtherEssaysonArchitecture ,
CressetPress1949(reprinted1982)
TwombleyFrankLloydWrightHisLifeandArchitecture ,Wiley,1979
VonMoosLeCorbusierElementsofaSynthesis,MIT,1979
WestonAlvarAalto ,Phaidon,1995
Wittkower,R.ArchitecturalPrinciplesintheAgeofHumanism ,
Academy
Wolfe,T.FromBauhaustoourHouse,FarierStrausGiroux,1981
Wright,F.L.AnAutobiograpahy ,Faber&Faber,1945
(Someofthesebooksmaybeoutofprintbutshouldbeavailablein
locallibraries)
Formoreinformation,pleaseconsulttheDepartmentofArchitecture
website.